Presented in September 2019

The Kent School District Strategic Plan Steering Committee presented priority initiatives as areas of focus for the 2018-2019 and 2019-20 school years to the Kent School Board and Superintendent Watts at the September 12, 2018, regular board meeting.

Goal 1: Prepare all students to be college and career ready

Social/emotional learning

• Percent of students who express self-awareness of emotions
• Percent of students who rate high on self-management of emotions
• Implementation metric of SEL curriculum (self/district staff)

K-2 math/literacy

• Percent of kindergarten–second grade students meeting grade-level standards in math
• Percent of kindergarten–second grade students meeting grade-level standards in reading

Third-grade benchmark (school to prison pipeline metric)

• Percent of third-grade students reading at or above grade level by the end of the school year

High school credit accumulation (grade 10)

• Percent of tenth-grade students passing at least 5 of their classes by end of first and third quarters
• Percent of tenth-grade students with at least 12 credits by the end of their sophomore year

Entrance into post-secondary

• Percent of students entering a post-secondary experience (military, college, career prep) within one year of graduation
• Percent of seniors completing entrance requirements to a post-secondary experience prior to graduation

Goal 2: Engage parents, students, staff, and community in two-way communication

Stakeholder engagement in decision-making

• Number of opportunities provided to stakeholders to drive, engage, provide input and advise in district initiatives
• Number of opportunities by percent stakeholders drive, engage, provide input and advise district initiatives

Ongoing Strategic Planning Committee meetings

• 90-minute meetings held September, November, February, April, and June (aligned to Board calendar)

Two-way communication in various languages

• Percent of print communications and surveys from the district sent in top fifteen languages of the district
• Percent of district events where interpretative services are offered

Parent engagement support for student achievement

• Increased sponsorships and community partnerships to expand school-based parent engagement programs
• Number of programs, schools, participants
• Percent of increases, year over year

All staff, all-inclusive climate and communication survey

• Develop an administration plan that maximizes accessibility for all stakeholder groups
• School-based staff evaluation of central admin support – annual
• School-based and non-school-based staff – annual
• Student – twice a year
• Parent – annual

Goal 3: Create effective organizational systems

Support for high-need students

• Percent of staff prepared to support students in trauma
• District resources (dollars, programs) to support adult learning around student trauma Student Mobility (data dashboard info only)
• Enrollment entries and exits per 100 students (by school/district)
• Refugee enrollment numbers

Restorative justice

• Percent of students served through restorative justice practices

Budget and funding

• Fiscal Recovery Task Force will develop metrics the Board will monitor
• Strategic Plan Steering Committee will review task force metrics in future meetings to determine need for blueprint metrics

Discipline disproportionality

• Show disaggregated percent of distinct and repeat behaviors by student group (monthly)

Goal 4: Develop and retain a diverse and premier workforce

Competitive salaries for staff

• Report KSD’s staff salary rankings compared to regional competitors

Instructional coaches/professional development support

• Percent of schools with a designated, full-time instructional coach

Grow leaders internally

• Percent of principals promoted from other school-based positions
• Percent of central admin leadership staff promoted from other positions

Job-alike professional development opportunities

• Percent of staff who are satisfied or completely satisfied with opportunities to collaborate with job-alike colleagues

Retention (all staff)

• Percent of all staff retained (same position, same location) within the district
• Percent of staff who agree or strongly agree that they are proud to work in the Kent School District
• Percent of teachers who strongly agree or disagree that there is an atmosphere of trust in their building/district

University/advancement partnerships for staff

• Percent of eligible staff participating in university partnerships
• Percent of staff completing a university partnership program
• Percent of university partnership completers placed in district positions
• Percent of KSD graduates returning to teach in KSD